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IMPROVEMENT IN PERCUSSION-CAP HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,855, dated February 16, 1864.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beitknownthat I, J. TWVARREN, of Stafford, county of Genessee, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in PercussiouOap Pouches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement and combination of a circular revolving box composed of metal or any suitable material, with apertures containing the percussion-caps, operating inside of a metal case, and the whole covered by a neat leather pouch, with a strap, to be buckled around the waist of the operator.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Twill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 represents an oval-shaped case, A, made of tin or other metal. It has a spring,

B, on the outside, with an oblong knob, O, at

its end, projecting through the case on the inside, an oblong aperture, D, in the center of the case, and two projecting pins or guides, E,

on the inside below the knob C. Fig. 2 represents the opposite side or lid of the case A, with the circular percussion-cap box G, exhibiting its journal H, apertures J, and inside rack, K. Fig. 3 represents the opposite side of the percussion-cap box G, with its apertures J and lever L. Fig. 4 represents the opposite and outside of the case A, with its aperture M, spout N, lever L, and percussioncap F falling down from the aperture J and spout N. Fig. 5 represents an end view of the case A, with its devices 0, E, J, K, L, M, N, and V. Fig. -6 represents the outside leather pouch, with its button, leather flaps R R, and waist-strap S.

A represents an oval-shaped case, made of tin or other metal, about four and one-half inches in length, three inches in width, and nearly three-eighths of an inch in thickness. It has a long flat spring, B, on the outside about one-half inch in width and two and onehalf inches in length, with an oblongshaped knob, O, on its one enclwhich projects through the'case A, on the inside of the case A. There is an oblong-shaped aperture, D, in the center of the case A, in which the journal H (seen at Fig. 2) of the box G travels back and forth, and there are also two projecting pins or guides, E E, on the inside, be low the knob 0, between which the rack K travels and is guided as each tooth of the rack K travels over the knob G. v

G represents the inside of the circular revolving and traveling box, made of metal, which travels from one end of the case A to the other end, and revolves upon the centerpin or journal H as its axis, the journal revolving in and along the aperture D. This box G is perforated, and contains any number of round apertures, J, (fifty or more,) which are filled with percussion-caps, one cap in each aperture J, the aperturesJ being in a spiral chamber formed by a spiral-shaped rack, K, curving from the center to the circumference, the rack having teeth corresponding in number with the number of apertures or caps. The rack K travels over and across the springknob O and between the two guides E E, the knob O acting as a dog or lock to each tooth of the rack K. a

M represents a round aperture in the case A, (seen at Fig. 4,) having a slot at-its lower side, in which the hook V of the lever L operates, the lever L working on a pivot, V, at the center of the case A.

N is a spout at the side of case A, that partly covers the aperture M and acts as a guide to the percussion-cap P, so that the cap will fall with certainty into the hand of the operator. The case A, -with its devices, is incased in a neat oval-shaped case, 2, made of leather or other material, having leather-flaps R R at top, that button down at the side, also a waist strap or band, S, to buckle round the body.

The apertures J of the box G being filled with caps, the operator presses his right thumb upon the lever L, when the hook V catches into the apertures J and draws the revolving box G around and forward, and as each tooth of the rack K passes over the spring-knob O a cap is discharged at the orifice M, and is guided by the spout N into the hand of the operator, a single cap at a time thus eomspiral rack, as incased in a leather pouch, pletely preventing the loss of caps. and arranged, combined, and operated as WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire herein described. to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' The arrangement and combination of the ease A with its devices B, O, E, L, and N, and

with the perforated traveling box G, with its J. T. WARREN Witnesses:

MAXWELL WOODHULL, J. O. MULLIKIN. 

